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Give me Nebbiolo… Or Give me Death! @aiselections #damminebbiolo

Joanie Karapetian
January 9, 2014
Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Piemonte, Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia), Wine Bars (Enoteche)
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The shirt says it all.  "Dammi Nebbiolo.  OR GIVE ME DEATH!"     David Weitzenhoffer, owner of AI Selections, and his friend, Alessio Cighetti (owner of the Vinoteca Centro Storico in Serralunga). &...
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Choose Wine, Poetry or Virtue. @AISelections #Brezza

Joanie Karapetian
October 23, 2013
Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Piemonte, Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia), Wine Bars (Enoteche)
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Enzo Brezza, at Centro Storico in Serralunga, satisfied and content with the fruits of his labor. (This is the face of the unmistakable, delirious, happy fatigue at the end of harvest.) We have the following s...

How @TedGlennon almost became the Mayor of Alba.

Joanie Karapetian
September 9, 2013
Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Piemonte, Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia), Wine Bars (Enoteche)
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Let me set the stage for you.  A couple of Chinese wine importers and a few American wine writers and sommeliers walk into a bar.  No, this is not the beginning of a bad joke, it's the beginning of the story of...
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Vino Italiano- the World’s Greatest Cultural Equalizer

Joanie Karapetian
October 18, 2012
Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Piemonte, Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia)
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When I had the chance to travel through Piemonte this year on a tour with the Piemonte Land of Perfection group, I didn't realize that in addition to my American colleagues, I would also be travelling with a g...
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If it’s not Nebbiolo, it might be Champagne.

Joanie Karapetian
September 25, 2012
Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Piemonte, Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia)
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One of the best things about Italian wine lists in Italy is the Champagne.  Wines we would never find in the US, for prices so low it will make you shed a happy little tear.  Small-production Champagne from int...
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Forget Truffles. Amaro-Hunting in Alba.

Joanie Karapetian
September 16, 2012
Northern Italy (Italia Nord), Piemonte, Regions of Italy (Regioni d' Italia)
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I have arrived in the Langhe on an educational tour sponsored by the group Piemonte Land of Perfection, as well as various wine-related consorzi.  I am immediately mesmerized by the beauty of Alba, the town in ...

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